The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (Italian: Gli amori di Manon Lescaut) is a 1954 French-Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Myriam Bru, Franco Interlenghi and Roger Pigaut.[1] It is based on the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost, which has been made into films on a number of occasions.
| The Lovers of Manon Lescaut | |
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 French film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Costa |
| Written by | Abbé Prévost (novel) Mario Costa Tullio Pinelli Jacques Sigurd Alberto Albani Barbieri Giuseppe Zucca |
| Produced by | Guido Giambartolomei Carlo Salsano |
| Starring | Myriam Bru Franco Interlenghi Roger Pigaut |
| Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Les Films Fernand Rivers Dear Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's sets were designed by Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni.
Cast
edit- Myriam Bru as Manon Lescaut
- Franco Interlenghi as Enrico des Grieux
- Roger Pigaut as Lescaut
- Aldo Silvani as Conte des Grieux
- Marisa Merlini as Elisa
- Nerio Bernardi as Barone de Forté
- Luigi Pavese as Il mercante premuroso
- Paolo Poli as Tiberge
- Lily Granado as Adriana
- Lia Reiner as Affitacamere
- Franco Scandurra as Chatodoux
- Georges Bréhat as Il barone giocatore
- Olga Solbelli as La suora nel carcere
- Nico Pepe as Il gioielliere
- Ugo Sasso as Un gendarme
- Peter Trent as Conte di Loisy
- Franco Pesce as Giovanni
- Ileana Lauro
- Lia Lena
- Nada Cortese
- Hedda Linton
- Pino Sciacqua
- Luigi Tosi
- Louis Seigner as Duca di Forchamps
- Jacques Castelot as Marchese de Boysson
References
edit- ^ Goble p.375
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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